The Gerontologist
Last updated ISSN 0016-9013
The Gerontologist is published by Oxford University Press in health professions. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,408.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Gerontologist concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0016-9013, 1758-5341 |
| Subject area | Health Professions |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,408 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 17,402 |
| Publishing since | 1957 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/gerontologist |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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